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S/Sgt LeRoy Newton received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He had previously received the Purple Heart.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7390
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1944
Pages
p. 1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1944
Pages
p. 1 photo
Subjects
Newton, LeRoy
Item ID
7275AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Westerner Motel

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 19, 1946
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 19, 1946
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Item ID
3962AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Citizens Bank-new banking firm opens here April 15 at temporary structure at 140 East Huntington Drive, while a permanent home is being built on the property. Features drive-in tellers. Citizens Bank has operated in Monrovia since 1926. It is under the direction of Robert L. Smith, executive vice president. See hard copy in VF Banks and Banking.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 20, 1947
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 20, 1947
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry - Citizens Bank
Smith, Robert L.
Item ID
3716AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Whittier Narrows Dam project.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1947
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1947
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Dams
Item ID
3890AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Lew and Dorothy Law are more than just proprietors of Law's Boys' shop in West Arcadia. In 1927-29 they were a couple of clowns. performing in the five western states.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 16, 1949
Pages
p. 3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 16, 1949
Pages
p. 3 w/photo
Subjects
Law, Lew
Law, Dorothy
Item ID
9469AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Elected to City Council

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 11, 1946
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 11, 1946
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council, 1903 - 1969
Russell, C. Loree "Jack"
Nugent, Charles A.
Cornyn, T. Guy
City Council Elections - 1946
Item ID
3819AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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C. Loree "Jack" Russell, member of the Arcadia City Council for the past two years, was elected presiding officer of the council and will serve the city as Mayor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25292
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1948
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1948
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Russell, C. Loree
City Council - 1903-1969
Mayors - Russell, C. Loree
Item ID
25490AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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First Lieutenant James W. Dougherty's plane was shot down during the New Georgia campaign. He made a successful water landing.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 16, 1943
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 16, 1943
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Dougherty, James Wilson
Item ID
7274AN
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Newspaper Index
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C. Loree Russell will replace W. Clinton Billig on the City Council.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 22, 1945
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 22, 1945
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Russell, C. Loree
City Council - 1903-1969
Billig, W. Clinton
Item ID
25491AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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C. Loree Russell has filed for election to the full four-year term on the Arcadia City Council.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune,
Date
February 28, 1946
Pages
p. l
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune,
Date
February 28, 1946
Pages
p. l
Subjects
Russell, C. Loree
City Council - 1903-1969
City Council Elections - 1946
Item ID
25492AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pvt. George Summers spoke with his parents over a short wave radio from a prison camp in Japan.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 10, 1942
Pages
p. 1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 10, 1942
Pages
p. 1 photo
Subjects
Summers, George Robert, Jr.
Item ID
7266AN
Collection
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1st Lieutenant James W. Dougherty is pictured sitting on one of the planes from his dive bomber squadron.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1943
Pages
p. 1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1943
Pages
p. 1 photo
Subjects
Dougherty, James W.
Item ID
7272AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mrs. Lucille H. Urban was appointed by the Arcadia City Council last week to fill the vacancy in the Arcadia Water Department left by Miss Gladys Randall, who was discharged.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
December 28, 1949
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
December 28, 1949
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Randall, Gladys
Urban, Lucille H.
Item ID
32977AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Two young men from Arcadia, Clyde Dietrich and George R. Summers, were among hundreds of American soldiers interned in a Japanese prison camp.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1942
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1942
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Dietrich, Clyde
Summers, George R.
Item ID
6516AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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In 1934, William F. Gettle was kidnapped from his Arcadia home and held for ransom. Larry Kerrigan, Jimmy Kirk and Roy Williams received life sentences for the crime.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1941
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1941
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Gettle, William F.
Kerrigan, Larry
Kirk, Jimmy
Williams, Roy
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
6519AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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